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Stanka Pencheva (Bulgarian: Станка Пенчева; July 9, 1929 – May 2014) was a Bulgarian writer.
She was born in Sliven and was educated there, going on to study Russian philology at Sofia University. She was an editor for Radio Sofia, for the Narodna Mladezh magazine and for the Septemvri magazine. Pencheva has been a correspondent for the newspaper Narodna Kultura.
Her poems have been translated into English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Romanian, Italian and Hindi.




Selected works


Пълнолетие (Coming of age) (1952)
Опъната струна (Stretched cord) (1957)
Кладенец на птиците (Well of birds) (1960)
„Вселена (Universe) (1964)
Земя на огньовете (Land of fires) (1965)
Горчива билка (Bitter herb) (1966)
Ябълковата градина (Apple orchard) (1967)
Есенно сияние (Autumn lights) (1968)
Пясъчна лилия (Sand lily) (1972)
Планета за двама (Planet for two) (1977)
Избрана лирика (Selected lyrics) (1979)
Недовършен свят (Unfinished world) (1982)
Разкопки (Excavations) (1984)




Awards and recognition


Pencheva's awards include:

3007: Ivan Nikolov Award in poetry
2003: Golden Chain award
1974: Order of Cyril and Methodius of 1st degree
In 2012 the annual national literary competition "Stanka Pencheva" was established.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Stanka Pencheva
• List of Bulgarian-language poets
• Sliven
• Lyuben Dilov
• List of Bulgarian Athletics Championships winners